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American Climate Futures
As part of Forum’s American Climate Futures initiative, our latest edition of the Futuring Podcast shines a light on changemakers who are meaningfully accelerating climate justice and radical collaboration across the US.
Kim Pate, Managing Director of NDN Fund, and Noah Oppenheim, Homarus Strategies and National Policy Coordinator at Business for Conservation and Climate Action, explore how we can achieve more grounded and equitable climate solutions by learning from pre-existing Indigenous conservation practices and working in partnership.
Check out the first episode on Spotify and other podcasting platforms.
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Fully Baked: How we transition to a future-fit food system
Forum launched the Protein Challenge in 2015, since then efforts to shape a sustainable future protein system have expanded across innovation, collaboration and policy.
Forum's Partnerships Lead for Food & Sustainable Nutrition, Geraldine Gilbert and Forum's Global Strategic Lead for Food, Lesley Mitchell, share how we are weaving takeaways from our work in protein into five key leverage points to accelerate the transition to a just and regenerative food system.
Explore the insights.
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Subscribe to the Futures Centre newsletter. To submit a signal of change, visit the Futures Centre.
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The School of System Change
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Basecamp for Health System Transformation
Calling health system leaders across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Revolutionise your ability to lead change in health through a six-month learning journey into the foundations of systems change practice, run in partnership with the Johnson & Johnson Foundation. Apply by 10 April.
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Learn more about courses from the School of System Change
Interested in unlocking new pathways to approaching your complex sustainability challenges? The School of System Change will support you in navigating systems change. Join an information session for one of its many interactive and unique courses - Delta, Basecamp for Health System Transformation or Spark - to find out more.
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Insights on the Forum blog
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Climate catastrophe or a promising, sustainable future? Our collective willingness to ‘go further and act faster’ will likely decide.
Forum’s new 2023-2025 strategy, For a just and regenerative future, calls on us all to ‘go further and act faster’ if we’re to tackle our intensifying social, environmental and economic challenges. But we need to be clear on what that means. Recognising that the world continues to fall short in driving lasting change, Forum’s CEO, Dr Sally Uren, explores what taking systemic, urgent action really looks like.
Read more.
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‘Raising the floor and ceiling’: why the purpose of business in tackling climate-related human health issues needs to change.
With health impacts of the climate crisis being felt worldwide, there is a growing call for the private sector to step up. Forum’s International Managing Director, Hannah Pathak explores how the private sector can transform its products, services and practices to address the complex dual challenge of climate and health.
Read more.
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1-2 March | London, UK
edie 23: Leadership Through Crisis
edie 23 is a two-day event in London that brings together over 600 board-level executives, sustainability and net-zero leaders, policymakers, finance experts, NGOs, and academia. It empowers businesses to take decisive action and achieve systemic change. Attendees will shape the future of sustainable business and drive progress towards a net-zero carbon economy.
Register here.
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28-29 March | Chicago, United States
Regenerative Agriculture and Food Systems Summit USA
The Regenerative Agriculture and Food Systems Summit USA will bring together food and beverage brands, suppliers, producers, AgTech companies, and consultants to explore challenges to and opportunities in harnessing the full potential of regenerative agriculture practices in the food industry.
Register using the code FFTF10 for 10% off.
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30 March | London, UK
The edie Awards
The edie Awards celebrate individuals, projects, and partnerships that drive positive change in business. They acknowledge everything from ambitious net-zero carbon programs to innovative green solutions, impactful climate collaborations, and social sustainability initiatives. The awards are presented during edie's Business Leadership Month and provide a chance to have your sustainability accomplishments recognised and appreciated by thousands of businesses and climate experts.
Find out more.
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23-24 May | Online, Global
Responsible Business Asia Reuters
Businesses are now examining their products, value chains, systems and processes to ensure they support the net-zero transition while building resilience to future economic, social and environmental shocks. Attend Responsible Business Asia 2023 to understand how to overcome near-term pressures and uncover the true potential for business, centered around long-term, profitable and sustainable decisions.
Register here.
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In other news
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The New York Times reports on how climate change is driving up the cost of tampons and other products, citing Cotton 2040's global analysis report.
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Alisha Bhaghat, Forum's Futures Lead, shares her expertise on how businesses can use futures thinking to shift from risk mitigation to a regenerative approach in BusinessGreen.
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Our report, Tackling Microfibres at Source features on multiple media platforms including Vogue Business, EcoTextile News, and Business of Fashion.
- The Responsible Renewable Energy Summit, hosted by the Responsible Energy Initiative and partners, features on various media outlets including on ET Energy World, PV Magazine, and Investing India.
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